
Start-ups (www.computer-automation.de)
Bosch invests in business areas of the future
Over the next five years, Bosch is investing around 200 million euros in its subsidiary Bosch Business Innovations. As a corporate venture builder, the unit develops new business ideas beyond the current core business and builds start-ups from the early stages onwards. The aim is to systematically bring these to market maturity.

An industry that organizes itself (www.industrial-production.de)
Agentic AI, digital twins and new manufacturing technologies in response to an industry in transition
At Hannover Messe 2026, Bosch will be showing how agentic AI, digital twins and new production technologies are transforming industry. The focus will be on efficiency, automation and battery recycling.

For mini satellites (www.computer-automation.de)
Bosch, Trumpf and DLR develop quantum sensor
Bosch, Trumpf and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) want to develop a quantum sensor that will be able to precisely align mini-satellites in the future and thus enable very fast data transmission.

Annual balance sheet 2021 (www.computer-automation.de)
Rising costs impact Bosch earnings in 2022
The Bosch technology group will probably have to cut back on profitability in the current financial year due to rising costs.

CES in Las Vegas (www.computer-automation.de)
Bosch wants to convert all products to AI
The technology group Bosch wants to equip its entire product range with artificial intelligence (AI) or use AI in production by 2025.

Bosch Rexroth (www.computer-automation.de)
Holger von Hebel becomes Chief Financial Officer
Holger von Hebel will take over the duties of CFO Dr. Markus Forschner on October 1.

Fraunhofer IESE/Bosch (www.computer-automation.de)
A milestone on the road to implementation?
The implementation of the vision of Industry 4.0 is still slow! The 1.0 release of the open source reference implementation Eclipse BaSyx is set to give the transformation wings with immediate effect - an application report.

Denner hands over to Hartung (www.computer-automation.de)
Management change at Bosch
Volkmar Denner has been at the helm of the Bosch Group, a company with 400,000 employees and sales of over 70 billion euros, for nine years. At the end of the year, he hands over the reins to Stefan Hartung - something that had been expected. But there is a surprise.

SPS Connect 25.11. - 13:35 - 14:20 (www.computer-automation.de)
Industrial 5G - State of the Union
Industrial 5G will take Industry 4.0 to the next level and enable unprecedented levels of flexibility, versatility, productivity and ease of use.

VDMA OPC Machine Vision (www.computer-automation.de)
Image processing - interoperable and manufacturer-independent
Together with the OPC UA Foundation, members of the 'VDMA OPC Machine Vision Initiative' have developed a hardware demonstrator that includes the practical implementation of the 'OPC UA for Machine Vision (OPC MV) Part 1 Companion Specification'.

Networked production / logistics (www.computer-automation.de)
Bosch Connected Industry under new management
On July 1, 2019, Sven Hamann (pictured) took over as Head of Bosch Connected Industry. Hamann succeeds Dr. Stefan Aßmann. As Business Chief Digital Officer, he is moving to the Bosch Industrial Technology division.

Approval for Bosch and Daimler (www.computer-automation.de)
Driverless parking without human supervision
Bosch and Daimler receive approval from the authorities in Baden-Württemberg for the automated parking system in the Mercedes-Benz Museum parking garage in Stuttgart. The automated drive-up and parking service works via a smartphone app and without a safety driver.

Artificial intelligence (www.computer-automation.de)
Bosch plans 'AI Campus' in Tübingen
Bosch is planning to strengthen its activities in the field of future-oriented AI technology: In 'Cyber Valley', the technology company plans to invest around 35 million euros in the construction of the 'Bosch AI Campus' in Tübingen.

Bosch Rexroth (www.computer-automation.de)
Sales growth achieved in 2018
Bosch Rexroth achieved sales of around 6.2 billion euros in 2018. The drive and control technology provider thus increased by 12.4% compared to the previous year. Adjusted for exchange rate effects, growth amounted to 13%. Incoming orders were also up on the previous year.

Safety on the electric bike (www.computer-automation.de)
First ABS for e-bikes
The Zweirad-Fachhandelsverband (ZEG) is presenting e-bikes with the anti-lock braking system developed by Bosch and Magura for the first time.

Bosch Group / Service robots (www.computer-automation.de)
Robot 'Apas' supports people with disabilities
The introduction of robots into production is changing the working environment and content. How does the division of labor between man and machine work? What opportunities do robots offer for the work of people with disabilities? The 'Aquias' project provides answers.

Mechatronics (www.computer-automation.de)
Stäubli Robotics under new management
Peter Pühringer (pictured) takes over the management of Stäubli Robotics Bayreuth from Gerald Vogt, who, as Group Division Manager, will manage the global robotics business from Stäubli's headquarters in Faverges with immediate effect.

IUNO research project - Part 3 (www.computer-automation.de)
Secure remote maintenance via cloud-based web platform
The third part of our series of articles on the national reference project IUNO deals with the question: How can secure remote maintenance of industrial systems be guaranteed with reasonable effort in the age of Industry 4.0?

Labor market sensors and measurement... (www.computer-automation.de)
Growing number of vacancies
Sensors and sensor systems are key technologies for digitalization, and the number of vacancies is growing. However, the industry, which is dominated by SMEs, is often based in the region and finds it difficult to recruit engineers.

Electromobility / Fraunhofer IAO (www.computer-automation.de)
75,000 jobs to be lost
By 2030, every second job in drive technology for passenger cars could be directly or indirectly affected by electromobility. This is the conclusion of a study by the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO).

Exoskeleton / Augmented Reality (www.computer-automation.de)
Support in everyday work
The "3rd arm" for tradesmen makes two things possible at once: effective support for the tradesman and computer-generated additional information directly on site.

Networked mobility / Smart Factory (www.computer-automation.de)
Bosch strengthens presence in Mexico
German automotive supplier Bosch is investing over 100 million euros in a new plant in Mexico: a new smart factory for electronic components is to be built in the city of Celaya in the state of Guanajuato by 2019, creating 1,200 additional jobs.

IUNO research project - Part 1 (www.computer-automation.de)
The technology data marketplace
The opportunities offered by I40 remain untapped, particularly in SMEs. One reason for this is that the IT used in companies to date is often not geared towards the security requirements of networked production. This is where the IUNO research project comes in.

'Invent a Chip 2018' school competition (www.computer-automation.de)
Ideas wanted for the jobs of the day after tomorrow
How will digitalization, robotics and artificial intelligence change people's everyday lives? How and what will the next generation work on? The new round of the 'Invent a Chip' school competition organized by the BMBF and the VDE is looking into these questions.

Bosch Building Technologies (www.computer-automation.de)
Dr. Tanja Rückert takes over the management
IoT expert Dr. Tanja Rückert joins the Bosch Group on July 1, 2018 and takes over the management position of the Bosch Building Technologies division on August 1, 2018. She brings with her over 20 years of international experience in the software environment.

Lapp Holding (www.computer-automation.de)
New Chief Financial Officer appointed
Dr. Ralf Zander is the new Chief Financial and Controlling Officer at the Lapp Group. He succeeds Andreas Hermann, who left the company at his own request in summer 2017.

New electric drive (www.computer-automation.de)
Bosch hopes for business worth billions
Automotive supplier Bosch is focusing on a new form of drive for electric cars. Series production of the so-called 'eAxle', a combination of motor, transmission and the associated electronics, is set to begin in 2019 at the latest, the company announced.

Autonomous driving (www.computer-automation.de)
German manufacturers lead in patents
Time and again, German car manufacturers have been accused of missing out on trends. Even self-driving robot cars tend to be associated with American tech giants. However, most patents are held by German companies.

Industrial Internet (www.computer-automation.de)
A new network architecture
Laying the foundations for the future of the industrial internet - this is the aim of the 'Find' research project. Under the leadership of the DKFI, an intelligent network management system for Industry 4.0 is to be developed.

Sensors 4.0 (www.computer-automation.de)
The intelligent multi-sensor system
As part of the research project 'Robust multi-sensor technology for condition monitoring in Industry 4.0 applications', experts from research institutions and industry are researching development methods for intelligent multi-sensor systems. The status quo.

Real-time communication (www.computer-automation.de)
Bosch, Vodafone and Huawei test LTE-V2X
Bosch, Vodafone and Huawei are testing the new LTE-V2X technology live on the test track of the A9 highway near Allershausen. The new mobile communications technology enables the direct and instantaneous exchange of information between vehicles.

IoT and Industry 4.0 (www.computer-automation.de)
Bosch relies on the cloud from IBM
Last year, Bosch announced that it wanted to set up its own cloud. Was this announcement perhaps too grandiose after all?

Image processing systems (www.computer-automation.de)
Machines can learn too
Assistance systems and cameras have long been supporting people in industrial visual inspection and quality assurance as an 'artificial eye'. However, modern machines should not only image, but also understand what they see.

Robert Bosch GmbH (www.computer-automation.de)
Dr. Werner Struth resigns
After 28 years with the company, Dr. Werner Struth is retiring as a member of the Board of Management of Robert Bosch GmbH. The 60-year-old's tenure ends on March 31, 2017.

Bosch (www.computer-automation.de)
300 million euros for artificial intelligence
The new Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence (BCAI) began its work at the start of the year. The aim of the center is to expand expertise in artificial intelligence.

Bosch / PPMP (www.computer-automation.de)
New protocol for Industry 4.0
At a joint workshop of the Industrial Internet Consortium and the Industry 4.0 platform on September 21, Bosch presented a new protocol for the exchange of data in networked industry.

Automation and mechatronics (www.computer-automation.de)
New products at Automatica 2016
Automatica, the biennial 'Trade Fair for Automation and Mechatronics', will exceed the number of exhibitors from 2014 this year. Computer&AUTOMATION shows a selection of the new products presented by the 825 or so exhibitors in Munich in a picture gallery.

Industry 4.0 (www.computer-automation.de)
The connected factory from Bosch
"Industry 4.0 live at Bosch" - under this slogan, Bosch demonstrated at the Hannover Messe 2016 how production can be networked along the value stream and across company boundaries. What components and concepts are behind it?

Bosch annual result 2015 (www.computer-automation.de)
Double-digit sales growth through JV acquisitions
Stuttgart-based Robert Bosch GmbH posted a record year in 2015 with a clear double-digit increase in turnover. The technology group expects moderate sales growth of 3 to 5% for the current year.

Networking (www.computer-automation.de)
Bosch launches cloud and IoT services
Bosch is launching a cloud for internet-based services to implement applications in the areas of connected mobility, connected industry and connected buildings. The central software core of the cloud is the company's own IoT Suite.

Smart sensor system labels (www.computer-automation.de)
Intelligent films for Industry 4.0
In the ParsiFAl 4.0 research project, Festo and its cooperation partners are developing so-called smart sensor system labels. These thin films enable pneumatic drives and packaging to collect, evaluate and exchange information about the respective process.

Human-robot interaction (www.computer-automation.de)
Aquias' research project launched
The kick-off event for the 'Aquias' research project took place at the Fraunhofer IAO on February 2 and 3. Its aim is to enable broad groups of employees to participate in attractive work in human-robot collaboration.

Company figures (www.computer-automation.de)
Double-digit growth for the Bosch Group
"We have achieved our economic goals" - this was the conclusion of Bosch CEO Dr. Volkmar Denner on the occasion of the announcement of the preliminary business figures for 2015. Sales grew at a double-digit rate and the earnings situation also improved further.
